Pam Welborn blows a bubble for a judge during Tuesday's Bubble Gum Contest at the West Texas Fair & Rodeo. Fifty contestants participated in the fair contest, which was followed by a sack races, ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Their mouths were stuffed with three pieces of sugar-free bubble gum. Each child chewed ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (KWWL) – The celebration of the summer is here. Hundreds of thousands of people are visiting the Iowa State Fair. It’s been around since 1854. Every summer, the fair releases a list ...

Only in the Guitar Arena at the Taylor County Fairgrounds was inflation a welcome sight Tuesday. That was the venue for the annual bubblegum blowing contest at the West Texas Fair & Rodeo in Abilene.

CAN BE. TO LEARN HERE AT THE FARM. WELL, THERE IS TONS OF FRIENDLY COMPETITION AT THE IOWA STATE FAIR. YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT, INCLUDING A CONTEST TO SEE WHO CAN BLOW THE BIGGEST BUBBLE OUT OF BUBBLE ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) - There is always some friendly competition at the Iowa State Fair. That includes the contests to see who can blow the biggest bubble with bubblegum and the pie eating contest.

RACINE - It was just a trip to Wal-Mart for groceries. But when Tina Radke saw the Dubble Bubble National Bubble Blowing Contest display, she bought a bag of gum and ran home to get her son Nathan to ...

Children across the country can put their bubble gum bubble-blowing skills to work Saturday to win money and prizes. Wal-Mart stores nationwide will host the 6th annual Dubble Bubble National Bubble ...

It started out as a simple trip to Wal-Mart, on a day like any other, but standing in the checkout line, Britney Radford tapped her mother's shoulder and asked a question that has changed the ...

Pro tip: If you’re entering a bubble gum contest, it’s best to slather your lower face with an emollient. That includes facial hair. “What I do is I get lip-stuff and I coat my goatee down a little ...